On the Move

Entree Health, a company that provides marketing, access, and reimbursement services to drug companies, has opened an office in Carnegie Center. The New York-based firm employs about 100 people in four offices nationwide.

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority has given generic drug maker Sandoz an incentive package of $9.1 million to keep the company in the state.

The company says that because of the incentives, it will move from its Carnegie Center headquarters to Plainsboro instead of Pennsylvania.

Sandoz spokesman Chris Lewis said the company has its eye on the Novo Nordisk building at 100 College Road West but could not comment further because a lease had not been signed.

Lewis said Pennsylvania offered the company an incentive package to move there. “Both locations offered competitive relocation costs and attractive incentive packages. All else being equal, our preference is to stay in the Princeton area,” Lewis said.

Sandoz employs 292 people and expects to hire 70 more in the near future. The grant is conditional on the company keeping the employees on board.

The grant to Sandoz is part of an $81.9 million package of Grow NJ and Economic Redevelopment and Growth programs aimed at six companies. The Grow NJ program, a job incentive program, was revised in September, 2013, as part of Governor Christie’s effort to overhaul the state’s economic development programs.

Maptext Inc, a company that makes mapping software, has moved from Cornwall Road to a larger office in Carnegie Center to make room for new employees.

The firm, which makes dynamic mapping software for Lufthansa Airlines, recently launched two new products: Notify EM, a mobile map-based emergency notification system, and FieldMap, a map-based application used by power companies and other companies that need to manage wide-ranging work forces.

Maptext was founded in 1998 and currently employs 11 people. It is bringing on five new engineers for its new products.

#b#CEO Accused of Spying on Dick’s#/b#

Mitch Modell, the CEO of the Modell’s Sporting Goods chain, has been accused of infiltrating the Nassau Park Boulevard location of Dick’s Sporting Goods by pretending to be an executive.

According to press reports, Modell allegedly went to the store last month and told workers he was a senior vice president at Dick’s, and asked to see the back of the store. He also got managers to answer questions about store operations.

New York-based and family-owned Modell’s has 154 stores, and is locked in competition with Dick’s, which has 500 locations around the country. Dick’s is suing Modell for his alleged intelligence gathering mission.

If true, the Dick’s caper would not be the first time Modell went to a sporting goods store in disguise. In 2012, he was featured on an episode of “Undercover Boss,” working at one of his own stores while sporting a fake mustache and affecting a New York accent.

The FDIC has ordered the Bank of Princeton to strengthen its anti-money laundering procedures. In a “consent order” issued in late February, the bank admitted no wrongdoing, and agreed to a wide variety of measures, including a review of its past transactions for possible money laundering activities. The Bank of Princeton did not immediately return a phone message asking for comment.

ONLC, an online training company, has closed its office at Horizon Center in Hamilton. The Delaware-based company still has an office in East Brunswick and a shared office space at 116 Village Boulevard in Princeton.

Federal Mediation and Conciliation services, a government office that mediates labor disputes, has closed its field office on Franklin Corner Road in Lawrenceville. The independent agency has many other offices, including one in Trenton.

Silk Box, an importer and wholesaler of clothing, has closed its office on Everett Drive. The company’s phone number and website were inoperative when U.S. 1 tried to contact it.

#b#Retiring#/b#

Robert Annis, 64, dean and director of Rider University’s Westminster Choir College, effective at the end of the year.

#b#Deaths#/b#

Dr. James B. Johnson Jr., 66, on February 18. A graduate of Princeton University and Case Western School of Medicine, he practiced family medicine in Hopewell and Flemington for 35 years.

L. Stanley Reed, 84, on February 19. Raised on a farm in West Windsor, he co-founded Reed Brothers Construction with his brother, Clifford Reed.

Richard A. Harbourt, 82, on February 26. He was the owner of Harbourt Express trucking company and served on the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education for 13 years. The recipient of two heart transplants, he become an advocate and volunteer of Second Chance, a heart transplant support association. A memorial service will be Saturday, March 8, at 3 p.m. at the Saul Colonial Home, 3795 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square. Donations may be made to Second Chance, 23 Independence Court, Piscataway 08854.

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